STALKER Review by SsethTzeentach | it's beyond science

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[@Milk192]

The mods made STALKER even more STALKER. Peak game experience.

[@TheDarkkilla12]

As someone who plays Amomaly, I agree even when I played COP. I await our long awaited sequel.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

the most popular mods even come with their own copy of the game

[@AdigaHB]

@@TheDarkkilla12 I play Anomaly GAMMA mode. It's so addicting. 😔

[@Aethelhald]

@@AdigaHB +1 for GAMMA. Discovered it a few days ago after previously playing Anomaly for several months, then EFP for several months. GAMMA is the absolute peak of Stalker gameplay. Next I'm trying Radiophobia. It's Shadow of Chernobyl but modernised somewhat.

[@nomenium]

i have this opinion but not for freeplay mods. i hate freeplay mods with a passion unless its late 2000's early 2010s jankfests like lost world. as for story mods, i love those. Story mods are quite literally the peak stalker experience next to the vanilla games.

[@thegrimcritic5494]

The idea of “Roadside Picnic” reminds me a lot of what Neil deGrasse Tyson once said about what he’d do if aliens ever abducted him. He said while he’s laying down on the alien operating table, he’d try and distract the aliens somehow, reach out wherever he could, GRAB whatever he could, hide it, and then just lay back down and wait for the aliens to finish with him and return him to Earth. He’d then immediately go to NASA and whip out the artifact, letting them know it was alien. He even said he didn’t care if it was the alien equivalent of just a cup or ashtray because, and I’ll quote him directly, “anything that has crossed interstellar space will ALWAYS be interesting to any true scientist.” Makes me wonder if he’s aware of or has even read Roadside Picnic, because the idea of something as simple as alien trash providing a windfall for our understanding of science is remarkably similar to the overall concept of the short story.

[@aidanjones4067]

The Xray Engine is like a machine spirit. It doesnt work unless sufficiently prayed too.

[@TerribleScroll]

And even then it can randomly decide that you did not pray enough and stop working.

[@blooocki]

The stalker movie was the weirdest movie I ever watched. While literally nothing is happening you are completely drawn in, always on edge, intrigued and wanting for more. It was so fucking captivating and intense without using rapid action. But for the best viewing experience I would suggest reading the book first.

[@PawelSlab]

I disagree mate. The book and movies are not really related apart from the Zone as a theme. The movie is a much deeper spiritual experience, and I think it can be enjoyed without reading the book. Both are great tho!

[@roberelian9762]

I remember my first time in stalker I just started as a free stalker, in a completly normal camp, Looked around for a mission to start, a novice mission, got one, hunt a boar, you get a friend to hunt the boar, when i found the boar some mutants attacked us, killed my friend,and my boar, then i saw in the road a group of people, i ran to them for help, they were a lot of.... bandits, i ran for my life because i didnt knew the controls very well and honestly any of the game at all, to the starting camp, when i arrived, followed by the bandits, a big shotout started, me, whitout ammo and health, just hid in an abandoned house, while i heard gunshots, explosions and murder outside, when i look out for a little bit, i can see that the bandis killed everyone, exept one main npc, an alpha male, that just wiped everyone, in front of my eyes (tbh i think it was an inmortal npc), but when he killed the last bandit, i realized.... this just happened in the first 15 min of the game, and oh boy, i loved it After that it was like an hour of looting XD even got the boar meat, but my friend was still dead, lotted him, and started for real, beautiful game

[@edim108]

One thing that strikes me about STALKER is how familiar and homey it feels to me as a Pole. Seriously, some of these locations look exactly like the buildings I passed every day on my way to school when I was a kid. And despite the overall theme of isolation and being overwhelmed by something entirely outside human comprehension, the game has moments where it feels kinda nostalgic. Some of these places feel like the places from my childhood: the abandoned brickworks we used to play at as kids, ruins of the warehouse we used to sneak into to drink beer as teens... There's something about this game that really speaks to me as a Slav growing up in a poor post communist country. Something that was also lost in the process of the country growing richer.

[@milhy6567]

I think in his neo scavenger video Sseth says he lives in the UK, at least at the time of that video.

[@DMlTREl]

11:35 Got to say that in STALKER games wishgranter is... (Spoiler) A lie created by c-consciousness to stop everyone who manage to get through other lines of defence (monolith fighters, anomalies and ets)

[@Testostallone]

Yea annihilation is heavily based on Stalker and roadside picknick I heavily reccommend the movie, one of the few soviet era movies where it got away with light criticism of the government. The atmosphere is top, same as the soundtrack notch and the three main characters really carried it all. Great watch. Forgot to add, didnt the devs for stalker 2 put the project on hold sadly? Such a shame, it looked really good.

[@supolik2]

From what i understand the end of the year date is still valid, but it depends on how the war will go.

[@vividzx8034]

I heard that they resumed the development of the game after GSC moved their studio to the Czech Republic

[@vikingzeroone9647]

Please, mate, I recommend you to react to DJ Cobbler's review on the game itself. His video expands more of Seth's vid and adds more to it. I cannot emphasize enough how much information was still left out, both in terms of lore and story.

[@D3sToD3s]

Stalker, Annihilation and... Made in Abyss My trifecta of Zone Media.

[@MrLuzakman]

Some people seems to have a misunderstanding. Bugs are just another form of anomalies, making the game more lore accurate

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

This is like some scp

[@andreigelaga4120]

just recently discovered you, I'm glad I did

[@rainmanslim4611]

"Where does he live!?" From what I've been able to gather from watching his videos. A slum.... somewhere...

[@naz95k71]

11/10 reaction, and very very good input. damn dude you smart. faith in humanity semi restored

[@cyruslupercal9493]

I played Clear Sky when I was young and I haven't figured out that you should turn back at the cordon and did the "cordon run".

[@hughu9340]

Stalker is pretty heavy movie, kinda arthouse

[@chrisphoenix115]

literally - life in Ukraine simulator

[@enceladus-117]

I fine tuned STALKER Anomaly to my preferences and its the only game I can honestly the most enjoyment from a game I've gotten. Stalker honestly needs more exposure as its an amazing game

[@rysiuf3906]

Could you react to game of thrones unbiased review by dovahhatty?

[@jimjames3373]

can you remember the name of the cocaine farmer documentary? sounds interesting

[@blyatman9726]

5:34 if only he didn't close his eyes

[@MisterPogman]

10:14 this clip is from call of pripyat which was released in 2011 shadow of Chernobyl was the only one released in 2007

[@MisterPogman]

So apparently I've seen this video a year ago

[@MisterPogman]

I'm back again apparently

[@badmood88]

Stalker the movie was a cursed production that exposed everyone to terrible pollution that eventually to the lives of all involved. Plus they had to film it about 3 times because terrible mistakes were made. It is beautiful art but not worth it.

[@lusians3]

I sugest watching Warlockry or Mandalore gaming videos on STALKER they explain things beter.

[@Warfrae]

What sucks is because KZbin is dumb I can’t watch the video itself. So I have to watch other KZbinrs, who I then fall in love with react. Just so I can watch lol. It’s a plor isn’t it

[@KarolisZvirgzdas]

Stalker GAMMA is surely should be the game of hte year. Even tho its old lol

[@iknowthatyougreatlyloveyou1613]

>whenever it will come out why something so profoundly sad?

[@nvn50]

Hey have you seen Guardians(Total War Warhammer Lizardmen Animation) and if not you should do a reaction to it because it is a god tire animation

[@nadog1011]

stalker anomaly for the love of god where is the mention that should have been the main mention that is the best stalker standalone Mod and its a game that puts all the stalkers in one and honestly how did it not get game of the year award its got so many multiple mod awards and yet I have never heard of anyone else talk about this game such a shame it should go down as one of the best shooter/survival/RPG game ever man, we wouldn't have Metro without this game we wouldn't have Tarkov without this game its influence can not be forgotten

[@brandonmoisesblandonflores1483]

you should watch the stalker animation by sodaz

[@KillurGod666]

Cosmic Horror baby xoxoxo

[@mjertovjec2327]

ZA MONOLITH

[@theblobconsumes4859]

IMO, this is one of the least good sseth videos, due to the quality of the game itself and its potential not being properly shown off by sseth, unlike his other videos often do. Also, go play STALKER Anomaly, it's free and standalone. Anomaly is the best experience you'll get from this franchise. Stalker is one of the best ever made, and also one of the most beautiful. I hope you enjoy it. Andrei Tarkovsky's filmography is comprised entirely of masterpieces. And also watch SuperSus, an interesting person. Anomaly is the best experience you'll get from this franchise

[@back_to_the_couch]

the movie is pretty good

[@pbpixil417]

Comment tribute

[@strvinar]

Dont freeload bro

[@walnzell9328]

Russian troops tried to play STALKER in real life but all they got was severe radiation poisoning.

[@AlshainFR]

The guy screaming in front of the door is called SuperSus. He's a big Ukrainian urbex KZbinr, some of his videos have English subs. As for the syringes, Sseth was a medical student until a few years ago where he dropped everything for KZbin.

[@SolProxy]

Wasn't he an already qualified professional?

[@norXmal]

​@@SolProxy He has a Master's in Immunology.

[@tehgerbil]

Sus is absolutely amazing.

[@MaiconDouglas-ik6qs]

Sus!?!? 😳

[@firewarrior5828]

I hope he got out of there man.

[@pencilquest9409]

Stalker's so fucking good, man. It's a specific feel, but if you get it, you get it.

[@flameendcyborgguy883]

I remember my playthru of STALKER... Sitting in the corner with just my silenced pistol, counting bullets. Last 4. And a Poltergeist around the corner... Somehow I survived and eliminated it. On the other occasion, I eliminated an entire enemy military outpost by basically casting it towards my allies. This game is packed with such stories. In truth this game, especially if you play it in good headphones, and in the middle of the night with all of the lights off, Will make you a man, or if you already are, it shall make you even more.

[@thundergaming155]

I got the game a few days ago and my first big with a dead body was a bandit glitching under a rock luckily his shoes were sticking out as if he got crushed by it…. Already at the next area and I am in love with this game (playing on master).

[@Mr_D_The_1st]

this joke has aged perfectly,in fact its even darker now

[@General-kt4bf]

I highly recommend Roadside Picknick. For a soviet era book it's amazing how rife with anti authoritarianism themes it is. It's pacing can get a little weird but overall it's a great read.

[@daniel5730]

Yeah, but I'll never understand why the main English print put it with "Tale of the Troika", which is a very naive and lighthearted piece of Strugatsky's brothers earliest fiction. It's like putting Dr. Seuss and Franz Kafka in one book lol.

[@Saufs0ldat]

There's even some pretty blatant critique of communist ideas in there. It's not surprising that the book was heavily censored/banned for years in the Soviet Union.

[@Magistrixification]

Everyone's gangster until you walk into a bloodsucker lair.

[@ahugefan7059]

Despite Sseth's usual style of doing reviews I've got to say he's pretty spot on about the games. My personal recommendation from here would definitely be the STALKER Fan film 'Contract' by Sodaz (Yes, the same Sodaz who has created those wonderful 40k animations in SFM in the past). It has got to be the best depiction of the games I've seen in an animation.

[@polisguard5714]

Dmitri Glucovsky was inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R series so wrote Metro 2033. A few years later 4A games, core members of the stalker dev team made a game out of it. It's pretty awesome!

[@inanky5315]

First of all, you should read the book. It is great, it's one of the best book in Russian sci-fi, and in sci-fi in general. It is mainly about human nature, relations and other things. Also, the ending is just superb. Secondly, you should watch the movie. It's quite different from the book, but focuses on the same aspects of human nature, but from a very different perspective. It's mainly a philosophical movie, which you should Watch and Feel, not just expect some flashy action. Thirdly, the games are fun. And sometimes super scary. And depressing. Buf fun.

[@animudebilina_3002]

The stalker mods are amazing. Especially Anomaly with EFP or Redux mod pack. As for the base games, they have their pronlems but are still very enjoyable.

[@c4ns3r53]

Metro 2033 is similar to Stalker cuz a bunch of devs from Stalker leave to make Metro 2033 after a "problem" and also did stole a bunch of assets

[@alakazor9643]

Warning - stalker movie belongs to a rare movie genre where you "feel" more then "watch", so if you not tuned enough it can be very confusing or boring. It's beautiful, but not for everybody, so be ware if you wish to watch it.

[@RusZugunder]

The movie is cool, but it's kind of... slow. I would reccomend to read the book though. Probably my favorite Sci-fi novel. It was very influential in Russia and a bit in Eastern Europe, inspiring many works of literature, cinema and games.

[@patrickholt2270]

The slowness is intentional, to create the sense of disorientation and suspense. It's part of the alienness of the Zone.

[@Hazardius]

Oh.. I watched the movie and am not sure if it's something to recommend, but definitely - read the book. It's amazing!

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

You mean the unrivaled masterpiece by the unrivaled director?

[@Hazardius]

@@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE Yes.

[@radec5437]

I played clear Sky. The start Is unforgiving, but HELL IT'S FUN

[@Speaker264]

Man, you should really play Call of Pripyat, the atmosphere and OST is so good.

[@obliviouscrab3125]

Dude you mentioned Annihilation, please watch the DJ Peach Cobblers commentary on it. Its a masterpiece.

[@loonek4]

Seth actually used to live in Denmark but I'm unsure if he still lives there.

[@NohorseRU]

Anomaly is a standalone, free sandboxy mod connecting maps from all 3 games that I thoroughly recommend (very polished and highly customizable), although AFTER first playing the much more linear, story driven first game, Shadow of Chernobyl and maybe the rest of them too.

[@BlackWACat]

7:15 this is a complete myth, by the way no, lowering the difficulty doesn't lower the overall damage or make things healthier, you just use godawful weapons at the start that make it feel like you should be doing more damage (like the Makarov, that makes you feel like your shots are just not landing) there's a list pulled straight from the code that shows the exact tables of everything the difficulty affects

[@comradestarbucks2726]

You say the Ukraine joke hasn’t aged well, but I’m willing to bet the Ukraine thing was already going on when this video came out.

[@mellamojeff458]

It was, it was going on for like 4 years at that point when it was uploaded

[@stageblood9935]

One of the best video game franchises ever (fight me), based on one of the best movies ever and one of my favorite books. 10/10 slavjank also you mentioned Annihilation, the director of the movie cited the stalker movie and Roadside Picnic as inspirations- didn't mention the games though

[@KaitoGillscale]

10:15 if you like this kinda talk, you’d probably like some of Bricky’s videos. He did a whole episode on Art Direction vs Graphics and it’s a gem to watch.

[@foreststalkerbrothers]

Here in eastern europe, people like to joke about how STALKER is "real life simulator" for us. No guys, don't worry. It's 50% less brutal in most cases (not including you, ukraine, our neighbour, you got it worse and worse since Maidan)

[@dominikmagnus]

Now that you've seen Sseth Stalker review, time to go check out Mandalore and Grimbeard Stalker reviews :D

[@Project25O1]

So funny how none of the westeners get the Windows Bandera joke 😂

[@kurokami5964]

reminder that he is a doctor 6:34 is the just the trashcan of his hospital

[@KayoMichiels]

1:42... that's a dude....

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

The sound of the unlocking bulkhead doors (start of this vid) sounds exactly like ones you encounter in Call of Pripyat. GSC's sound design was on point.

[@NikolayMIA]

This joke aged extremely well

[@sickbozo8152]

lol clear sky is my fav XD

[@BilisiFunfun]

15:16 Windows Bandera 👌🏻

[@dimitrijleus]

As a ukrainian- that joke aged perfectly )

[@Vulkans]

The original games are unmatched, mostly because creating a game as jank as the STALKER series requires true dedication. For anyone that was into STALKER's moody environs, I would highly recommend Darkwood.

[@jendreg1935]

As a Slav I can confirm this is indeed my everyday life.

[@luckyfandango9211]

15:11 this stalkers name is Crab and he is an absolute creature. I have never seen any gameplay of Call of Pripyat without him doing some eldritch geometry representation with his body. Also for real, Roadside Picnic is a very fun read, particularly its first chapter for how utterly hostile the writers made the zone feel.

[@bliblivion]

in Stalker you drink vodka to heal from radiation exposure, it's a prety based game that i played when i was 13 years old, it's ambiance was super effective at scaring me XD

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

Stalker is my favorite movie of all time, but it's not for everyone

[@SPITSPHIRE]

fun fact: the majority of the metro developers were former GSC employees and worked on the original stalker game. After a dispute with the then ceo of the company many of the og devs left and founded 4A games and used a lot of the preproduction work from the then in development stalker 2 on what would become metro 2033. Much of the early development for Metro was actually running in a modified version of the X-Ray engine and were using og stalker assets.

[@JooJoo-uz2wc]

amog us

[@soaptrooper8128]

some members of the team that made stalker: shadow of chernobyl, left the company and started 4A and made metro 2033, that's why there is some similarities.

[@primachpepe8597]

Seth is actually a doctor/chemist/pharmacist irl, theres a stream online where he was talking about some stuff. Not sure if hes a chemist or something, but he is in that general profession. this was back when Dlive was a thing, they contracted a bunch of people to be influencers for their streaming platform which flopped massively. Some of the medical footage may or may not be from those times. Interesting tid bit for you

[@alejandrorivas4585]

Word is he has a masters in immunology

[@mellamojeff458]

@@alejandrorivas4585 funny how he just dropped that for youtube instead It's probably the reason why his humor is as is due to master and past job

[@brok56]

All The "glitches" in it are just anomalies of the zone.

[@ForTheMonolith]

Brothers... the future is Stalker Anomaly... and diverse mods of the game.. Escape from Pripyat aswell

[@Bruh-d]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Is a sequel to Call Of Pripyat specifically, Clear Sky came out in 2008 while Shadow Of Chernobyl came out in 2007, meanwhile Call Of Pripyat was released in 2009.

[@Cyanmint-Gacus]

Played 3 Games and i disagree that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky is crap(Clear Sky is my first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game tho), once you comfortable to the game mechanic you can easily speedrun the game with/without glitches.

[@jakkrit6910]

you said one thing wrong if someone get inspire i think metro did get inspire not the other way around. also about visual and game mode. moding community in this game is massive. and in my understanding there are several mod pack team ( which include atleast 200 mod ) and kinda make there own theam. the main one is anomaly and there are several that branch off like EFP or GAMMA. i say it's not lose out from today game standard. it maybe not to the battlefield visual standard but game play is much better.

[@palidansureshot7301]

YOU CAN LEAVE THE SWAMP IN CLEAR SKY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE FUCKING MILITARY? I always just spent like an hour running from tree to tree and then booking it.

[@Otterly_luna]

This is really late, so I don't know if you're gonna read this Chill. From what I remember, Sseth is Danish, but just happens to live in the middle of nowhere :)

[@jayzandstra1830]

yo my man,idk if you read the comments still but you should definitely check out the crisp made fan film of this game called ''stalker contract'' really curious what you would think of it

[@hk74654]

Another Netflix movie I'd recommend is "Spectral". Not perfect but very interesting.

[@treanttrooper6349]

Yeaaah, Xray engine is as mysterious as The Zone itself, I have time and time again tried to recreate but crashes, I have never succeeded

[@adamg4336]

From what i know, Sseths lived in the UK, Sweden and Denmark. Although i'm not entirely sure where he currently lives at the moment.

[@rgabi91]

Meanwhile Stalker Gamma with 443 mods xd

[@wiaf8937]

that movie was something else. the book also,. you oughta read this

[@manicnymphomaniac1609]

Covers eyes as jelly "toy" slides across the screen...

[@noonbigboss4060]

I recommend you playing stalker anomaly and some addon

[@anonimus370]

Is it me or does Jack's face look a bit bloated. Or maybe it's just the light.

[@darkomen5689]

Seth is a god and we all must worship him. All hail the father of creation!

[@aliekexie8467]

The hell you talking about? They aged like fine wine

[@cortex9124]

Watch the neo video, you'll learn where he live

[@Anubis1993KZ]

Stalker movie reaction when? Btw this movie was created by a legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky in cooperation with original authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Although it has some "arthousey" vibe it's still a really fascinating movie.